The Assemblies to Nominate Candidates Begin

The Assemblies to Nominate Candidates Begin / Cuban Legal Advisor,
Yaremis Flores
Cuban Legal Advisor, Translator: @hachhe, Yaremis Flores

By Yaremis Flores

The summons for the citizens to attend the nomination of candidates
assemblies are already spreading around the neighborhoods. Some are
attending like robots, simply to make an appearance and so as not to be
"branded" in the zone.

After the candidate election process, on October 21 they will elect the
delegates, who are committed to communicate the community's opinions and
difficulties to the local Assembly and Administration. They must also
inform their constituents about the resolutions adopted to solve those
problems or the obstacles to doing so.

In practice, the only form of communication between the delegate and his
electors is the Accountability Assembly. A bitter pill that the delegate
swallows -in a two and a half year term- in an accumulated series of
moans and complaints. The solutions are postponed, period after period,
by each predecessor in the job.

The delegate cannot count on resources to directly fulfill the voters
demands. He is only a mediator, who must endure -not infrequently- the
insults of the population, due to the inefficiency of his management.

Local power is almost existent. At that level, there are no verifiable
results of his management. Far from solving the local problems, he does
the work of monitoring, like a Police sector chief.

In this sense, the delegate is compelled by the law to inform about
illegal constructions and confront legal violations in entities of his
district, especially against every corruption manifestation, improper
use of resources and other felonies.

He is also entitled to control and supervise the activities of the
entities of his jurisdiction, regardless the level of subordination;
bound to contribute to the socialist legality and the internal order.

Translated by @Hachhe

September 7 2012

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